1) Media Time: Section 100 (4) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended stated that all political parties should be given equal media coverage by the Nigerian media.
a) Presidential and NASS -16th February
b)Governorship/ HOA-2nd March
a)NASS election
b)Governorship/HOA
c)Presidential
If this is done we will have three election weekends which automatically means more money spent. Buhari tried to avoid this as a result he withheld assent,to maintain status quo.
A)Councillorship-1m Naira should be the maximum spent on Campaigns.
B) Chairmanship and HOA- 10million maximun
C)House of Rep- 20million Maximum
D)Senate -40 million maximum
F)Presidency -1 billion Naira maximum .
It is important to note that Jonathan raised 27billion naira for his campaign in 2015,this even contravened the law in place .
a)Councillorship-5 million should be the maximum spent.
b)Chairmanship/HOA-30million maximum.
c)House of Representative -70million maximum.
d)Senate -100million maximum.
e)Governorship -1billion maximum
f)Presidency -5 billion maximum
a)Notice of withdrawal- The Principle Act in Section 35 gives Candidates 45 days to give notice of withdrawal, while the new law gives Candidates 30 days to give notice.
However it is important to note that without the passage, card readers can still be used in 2019.